Changes in wastewater treatment in regions of Europe, 1990–2012

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The numbers of countries are given in parentheses. Regional percentages have been weighted by country population. More information on methodology.

North: Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland

Central : Austria, Belgium, Denmark, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Ireland

Southern: Cyprus, Greece, France, Italy, Malta, Spain and Portugal

East: Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary , Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia

South Eastern: Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Turkey

West Balkan: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia

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Resident population connected to wastewater collection and treatment systems reported to the "OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire - Inland Waters-2012" provided by Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat)
Waterbase - UWWTD: Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive provided by European Environment Agency (EEA)

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Waterbase - UWWTD: Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive – reported data Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive concerns the collection, treatment and discharge of urban waste water and the treatment and discharge of waste water from certain industrial sectors. The objective of the Directive is to protect the environment from the adverse effects of the above mentioned waste water discharges.

UWWTD implementation reports (dataset URL is not directly available) The data is included in a series of reports which describes the progress in the implementation of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive. It provides information as regards the obligations which were due to be met by the end of the current year. In addition to the summary, the annex provides more details on the level of compliance in the Member States as well as information related to "big cities/big dischargers", and to the progress in infrastructure in place. Furthermore, a study report provides more detail and background information and data on which the summary is based on.

Waterbase - UWWTD: Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive – reported data Urban Waste Water treatment Directive concerns the collection, treatment and discharge of urban waste water and the treatment and discharge of waste water from certain industrial sectors. The objective of the Directive is to protect the environment from the adverse effects of the above mentioned waste water discharges.

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Environmental indicator report 2013 Natural resources and human well-being in a green economy. This report extends the analysis of the green economy, focusing on the environmental pressures associated with resource use patterns and their impact on human health and well-being. Mapping the diverse connections between environmental change and human health impacts involves considerable conceptual complexities, and relies on a relatively fragmented evidence base.

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Geographic coverage

Albania , Austria , Belgium , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Croatia , Cyprus , Czechia , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Iceland , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , Netherlands , North Macedonia , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Turkey , United Kingdom

Temporal coverage

1990-2012

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